The article considers the influence of the doctrine of dogmatism on the development of Civil Law Science. Problems of reviving the metaphysical approach and metaphysical principles in civil doctrine are raised. Aspects of pragmatic improvement of modern civil legislation in Ukraine are touched upon. The appeal to the theoretical problems of methodology in civil law is caused by the desire to see in which direction modern Civil Law Science is developing, and to understand how dogma and metaphysics can affect modern civil law relations. Having a significant arsenal of modern methods of scientific knowledge of civil studies, scientists often overlook the metaphysical basis of social relations. With regard to jurisprudence, we emphasize the methodology, in its deep and broad sense, which helps not only in finding criteria for distinguishing areas of objective law and definition, subjective rights of participants in relevant social relations, but also in shaping our knowledge of holistic pictures of the phenomenon of law and its future. The question of the relationship between dogmatic and positivist theories in civil doctrine is revealed; it is about the interaction of metaphysical and empirical principles in the context of understanding the fact as a certain experience. It is noted that none of the legal sciences is as close to the concept of dogma as civil law. Using the historical method indicates the temporal change of legal institutions and their dogmatic analysis on the example of Roman law and its reception. The article notes that jurisprudence as a humanity in the current conditions of society remains relevant. With the use of a broad professional conceptual apparatus, it is able to create ideal opportunities to promote common ideas and hypotheses related to the development of legal order. Keywords: dogmatism, thing, possession, methodology, morality, positivism, legal institution, private law, fact.